Man dies in crash on S.R. 13

A 76-year-old Orange Park man is dead after being struck by an oncoming car while trying to cross State Road 13 Tuesday in Fruit Cove, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.

John Oscar Hill was driving westbound on Bishop Estates Road around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of S.R. 13, the report said. A 17-year-old St. Johns man was driving north on S.R. 13 at the time, the report said.

The teenager was unable to stop in time and struck Hill’s 1998 Saturn sedan as it attempted to cross the lanes of the traffic, the report said.

Hill was airlifted to Shands Jacksonville, where he was later pronounced dead. The teenager did not sustain any injuries, the report said.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash and alcohol is not suspected to be a factor, the report said. No charges were filed.